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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOL. XXIV - NO. 12 - FOR RELEASE JULY 5, 1962
WHEN DOES IT STOP? The President's request for
still another increase in the debt limit has received
Congressional approval now that the Senate has agreed, by a 55-34 vote, to the raise to $308 billion.
The House earlier okayed the Administration proposal
for "more elbow room" in its seemingly never-ending spending programs, proposals and promotions. I voted against the increase of the debt limit because I
think it is time that Congress drew the line firmly against these constant requests
for more money and the apparent disregard of balanced budgeting. This is the
third time in 12 months that a request for increasing the debt limit was made. The
limit will now have been raised $15 billion since last June. And more is to come
according to Senator Harry Byrd, Finance Committee Chairman, who warns of
another such increase next year. During the debate on the debt increase proposal,
Senator Byrd noted that budget requests for fiscal 1963 call for an increase of
46,045 in the Federal payroll, an increase of 131,361 over the number of Federal employees on the rolls June 30th, 1961. The total employee increase is equal
to a shade less than 20% of the entire population of the State of South Dakota. It
is apparent the New Frontier is well on its way to achieving the dubious distinction
of hitting an all-time high national debt through its budget deficits which in another
year could well surpass the total amount of money spent by the Federal Government during the ENTIRE 19th CENTURY, plus the last 11 years of the 18th century. (Federal expenditures totaled $16 billion from 1789 through 1899.)
# #
ENTERTAINMENT AND CHARITY: Last year the Pulitizer-prize winning novel
"Advise & Consent", written by Allen Drury, was made into a full length movie.
Much of the filming was done in Washington. The film is now being shown through-
out the country, with a benefit premiere being held in each state. In South Dakota
the premiere is to be held Tuesday, July 10th in Sioux Falls at the Hollywood
Theatre, with proceeds to go to SHARE SOUTH DAKOTA, an organization which
devotes its efforts to assisting the Sioux Indians of our state. Apparently the movie
has stirred up some controversy as LIFE magazine recently telephoned wanting
my opinion along with those of other Senators. For those of you who may be seeing the picture in the near future--and I do hope many of you are able to attend the
premiere so as to give a little boost to SHARE--you might be interested in my
comment to LIFE about the movie. I said:
"I enjoyed it immensely. I think Otto Preminger has treated the very fine
novel by Allen Drury with discretion and a sensitivity that presents an interesting and enveloping story. It is in no sense, nor was it intended to be, an attempt
to flatly say 'this is the Senate, this is how it operates' anymore than an opening
day baseball toss by the President represents major league pitching. 'Advise
and Consent' is fictional entertainment with a touch of reality. The U.S. Senate
is a lot of reality with a touch of entertainment."
# # #
SPEAKING OF FILMS: For organizations and groups desiring to show films a
number are still available from my field office in Madison. All deal with topics
of current interest. The films are "Wall of Shame", a 30 minute feature on the
Berlin Wall; "Freedom Fighters Offshore", a 27 minute report of my visit to
Quemoy; and "Three Key Points", a 14 minute interview on Communism with
General Carlos Romulo. These films have been shown to many groups for the
past several months, but for those of you who may not have programmed them
and would like to, you may write for booking dates directly to Mr. Jack Stahl,
Box 303, Madison, South Dakota. Mr. Stahl is my South Dakota Field Service
Representative.

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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOL. XXIV - NO. 12 - FOR RELEASE JULY 5, 1962
WHEN DOES IT STOP? The President's request for
still another increase in the debt limit has received
Congressional approval now that the Senate has agreed, by a 55-34 vote, to the raise to $308 billion.
The House earlier okayed the Administration proposal
for "more elbow room" in its seemingly never-ending spending programs, proposals and promotions. I voted against the increase of the debt limit because I
think it is time that Congress drew the line firmly against these constant requests
for more money and the apparent disregard of balanced budgeting. This is the
third time in 12 months that a request for increasing the debt limit was made. The
limit will now have been raised $15 billion since last June. And more is to come
according to Senator Harry Byrd, Finance Committee Chairman, who warns of
another such increase next year. During the debate on the debt increase proposal,
Senator Byrd noted that budget requests for fiscal 1963 call for an increase of
46,045 in the Federal payroll, an increase of 131,361 over the number of Federal employees on the rolls June 30th, 1961. The total employee increase is equal
to a shade less than 20% of the entire population of the State of South Dakota. It
is apparent the New Frontier is well on its way to achieving the dubious distinction
of hitting an all-time high national debt through its budget deficits which in another
year could well surpass the total amount of money spent by the Federal Government during the ENTIRE 19th CENTURY, plus the last 11 years of the 18th century. (Federal expenditures totaled $16 billion from 1789 through 1899.)
# #
ENTERTAINMENT AND CHARITY: Last year the Pulitizer-prize winning novel
"Advise & Consent", written by Allen Drury, was made into a full length movie.
Much of the filming was done in Washington. The film is now being shown through-
out the country, with a benefit premiere being held in each state. In South Dakota
the premiere is to be held Tuesday, July 10th in Sioux Falls at the Hollywood
Theatre, with proceeds to go to SHARE SOUTH DAKOTA, an organization which
devotes its efforts to assisting the Sioux Indians of our state. Apparently the movie
has stirred up some controversy as LIFE magazine recently telephoned wanting
my opinion along with those of other Senators. For those of you who may be seeing the picture in the near future--and I do hope many of you are able to attend the
premiere so as to give a little boost to SHARE--you might be interested in my
comment to LIFE about the movie. I said:
"I enjoyed it immensely. I think Otto Preminger has treated the very fine
novel by Allen Drury with discretion and a sensitivity that presents an interesting and enveloping story. It is in no sense, nor was it intended to be, an attempt
to flatly say 'this is the Senate, this is how it operates' anymore than an opening
day baseball toss by the President represents major league pitching. 'Advise
and Consent' is fictional entertainment with a touch of reality. The U.S. Senate
is a lot of reality with a touch of entertainment."
# # #
SPEAKING OF FILMS: For organizations and groups desiring to show films a
number are still available from my field office in Madison. All deal with topics
of current interest. The films are "Wall of Shame", a 30 minute feature on the
Berlin Wall; "Freedom Fighters Offshore", a 27 minute report of my visit to
Quemoy; and "Three Key Points", a 14 minute interview on Communism with
General Carlos Romulo. These films have been shown to many groups for the
past several months, but for those of you who may not have programmed them
and would like to, you may write for booking dates directly to Mr. Jack Stahl,
Box 303, Madison, South Dakota. Mr. Stahl is my South Dakota Field Service
Representative.